THE ORIGINS OF THE MISSISSIPPI MARINE BRIGADE: THE FIRST
... the first pointing out the general’s lack of action over the three months since he had assumed command of the Union ground forces in the Eastern Theater, which allowed the rebels to bring up reinforcements and to build fortifications all along the region across the Upper Potomac.6 The second pamphle ...
... the first pointing out the general’s lack of action over the three months since he had assumed command of the Union ground forces in the Eastern Theater, which allowed the rebels to bring up reinforcements and to build fortifications all along the region across the Upper Potomac.6 The second pamphle ...
Catoosa County History - Catoosa County Chamber of Commerce
... The Creek Indians are believed to be the remnant of the Mound Builders. The Cherokees were a part of the Iroquois Confederation in the region of the Great Lakes. In the early 1600s they moved south and fought the Creeks at Suches and again in Cherokee County. The Creeks were pushed back into Alabam ...
... The Creek Indians are believed to be the remnant of the Mound Builders. The Cherokees were a part of the Iroquois Confederation in the region of the Great Lakes. In the early 1600s they moved south and fought the Creeks at Suches and again in Cherokee County. The Creeks were pushed back into Alabam ...
Battle of Picacho Pass - Arizona Civil War Council
... Twelve Union cavalry troopers and one scout (reported to be mountain man Pauline Weaver but in reality Tucson resident John W. Jones), commanded by Lieutenant James Barrett of the 1st California Cavalry, were conducting a sweep of the Picacho Peak area, looking for Confederates reported to be nearby ...
... Twelve Union cavalry troopers and one scout (reported to be mountain man Pauline Weaver but in reality Tucson resident John W. Jones), commanded by Lieutenant James Barrett of the 1st California Cavalry, were conducting a sweep of the Picacho Peak area, looking for Confederates reported to be nearby ...
Clarke County Civil War Driving Tour
... For enslaved African-Americans in Clarke County, the war brought freedom – and a chance to fight for that freedom. Many enslaved and free blacks from the county joined the United States Colored Troops and fought in the war; after the War the Freedman’s Bureau kept a close eye on Clarke and supporte ...
... For enslaved African-Americans in Clarke County, the war brought freedom – and a chance to fight for that freedom. Many enslaved and free blacks from the county joined the United States Colored Troops and fought in the war; after the War the Freedman’s Bureau kept a close eye on Clarke and supporte ...
1864: The Decisive Year
... While all this was going on, the Union columns in the Valley and south of Richmond were stalled. The Federals in the Valley were defeated May 15 at New Market by a collection of Confederates that included boys from the Virginia Military Institute. And a great Union opportunity was lost south of Rich ...
... While all this was going on, the Union columns in the Valley and south of Richmond were stalled. The Federals in the Valley were defeated May 15 at New Market by a collection of Confederates that included boys from the Virginia Military Institute. And a great Union opportunity was lost south of Rich ...
The Long-Run Effects of Losing the Civil War: Evidence
... headed the Constitutional Union party, which consisted largely of moderate ex-Whigs who found the Republican party too “radical;” the party’s platform avoids the question of slavery altogether. Douglas headed the Northern Democrats, whose platform fell short of endorsing explicit protections for sla ...
... headed the Constitutional Union party, which consisted largely of moderate ex-Whigs who found the Republican party too “radical;” the party’s platform avoids the question of slavery altogether. Douglas headed the Northern Democrats, whose platform fell short of endorsing explicit protections for sla ...
Vermont in the Civil War
... vermont became the united states of america’s fourteenth state in 1791, 14 years after the windsor convention, and in subsequent years its reputation as an upholder of human freedom was enhanced. The state’s strong opposition to the national ...
... vermont became the united states of america’s fourteenth state in 1791, 14 years after the windsor convention, and in subsequent years its reputation as an upholder of human freedom was enhanced. The state’s strong opposition to the national ...
reminiscences of the civil war
... entire Southland under the control of their own people. He was chosen by the Democrats in Congress to draft an address to the people of the South, urging patience, endurance, and an appeal to a returning sense of justice as the cure for all wrongs. He was elected governor of Georgia twice, and the r ...
... entire Southland under the control of their own people. He was chosen by the Democrats in Congress to draft an address to the people of the South, urging patience, endurance, and an appeal to a returning sense of justice as the cure for all wrongs. He was elected governor of Georgia twice, and the r ...
Origins of the Lost Cause: Pollard to the Present
... military loss was due to the “massive Northern manpower and material,” not any martial ability on the part of Union officers or men. Finally, Northern military leaders were viewed as butchers, specifically William Tecumseh Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant, or blundering, such as George B. McClellan; mea ...
... military loss was due to the “massive Northern manpower and material,” not any martial ability on the part of Union officers or men. Finally, Northern military leaders were viewed as butchers, specifically William Tecumseh Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant, or blundering, such as George B. McClellan; mea ...
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... Moving the government proved difficult as the Union forces began closing in on the Confederacy. A reward for the capture of Jefferson Davis made travel difficult and little could be accomplished with such chaos. During the Civil War the Confederacy moved to three different capitols. There were few t ...
... Moving the government proved difficult as the Union forces began closing in on the Confederacy. A reward for the capture of Jefferson Davis made travel difficult and little could be accomplished with such chaos. During the Civil War the Confederacy moved to three different capitols. There were few t ...
Commanders of the Confederacy
... This includes his reluctance to relieve his personal friend, Braxton Bragg, defeated in important battles and distrusted by his subordinates; he relieved the cautious but capable Joseph E. Johnston and replaced him with the reckless John Bell Hood, resulting in the loss of Atlanta and the eventual ...
... This includes his reluctance to relieve his personal friend, Braxton Bragg, defeated in important battles and distrusted by his subordinates; he relieved the cautious but capable Joseph E. Johnston and replaced him with the reckless John Bell Hood, resulting in the loss of Atlanta and the eventual ...
Remembering General Ulysses S. Grant
... Army. “If I could have escaped West Point without bringing myself into disgrace at home, I would have done so,” Grant wrote in his memoirs. “A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the Army even if I should be graduated, which I did not expect.” Grant fini ...
... Army. “If I could have escaped West Point without bringing myself into disgrace at home, I would have done so,” Grant wrote in his memoirs. “A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the Army even if I should be graduated, which I did not expect.” Grant fini ...
`Let Us Have Peace`: Remembering General Ulysses S Grant
... Army. “If I could have escaped West Point without bringing myself into disgrace at home, I would have done so,” Grant wrote in his memoirs. “A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the Army even if I should be graduated, which I did not expect.” Grant fini ...
... Army. “If I could have escaped West Point without bringing myself into disgrace at home, I would have done so,” Grant wrote in his memoirs. “A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the Army even if I should be graduated, which I did not expect.” Grant fini ...
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
... This modern emphasis on communication as networks of things (ships, aircraft, computers, satellites) is not only an obstacle to analyses such as this paper, it is an obstacle to improving organizational communication in the military and elsewhere. The development of increasingly more capable communi ...
... This modern emphasis on communication as networks of things (ships, aircraft, computers, satellites) is not only an obstacle to analyses such as this paper, it is an obstacle to improving organizational communication in the military and elsewhere. The development of increasingly more capable communi ...
January 2011
... him in the 14th Regiment of Foot (the Buckinghamshires), in the army of William IV. He was only seventeen. Leventhorpe was stationed in Ireland for the next three years and in November 1835, when he purchased a Lieutenancy, he was stationed in the British West Indies. Leventhorpe reached the rank of ...
... him in the 14th Regiment of Foot (the Buckinghamshires), in the army of William IV. He was only seventeen. Leventhorpe was stationed in Ireland for the next three years and in November 1835, when he purchased a Lieutenancy, he was stationed in the British West Indies. Leventhorpe reached the rank of ...
Did Meade Begin a Counteroffensive after
... pull out remained for Meade throughout the day. That he chose to defend the advanced position should have settled the issue of whether he desired to leave Gettysburg. So how did the negative impression of Meade win out, when the more approving image of him was equally viable? Where did this persona ...
... pull out remained for Meade throughout the day. That he chose to defend the advanced position should have settled the issue of whether he desired to leave Gettysburg. So how did the negative impression of Meade win out, when the more approving image of him was equally viable? Where did this persona ...
Shenandoah Mennonite Historian - MennoniteArchivesofVirginia.net
... to escape north. Packing for the journey must have been by Rebecca Suter Lindsay done in a scramble. The Suters stored furniture with the Hugh Swope family,6 gathered needed On or about October 2, 1864, U.S. Army supplies, and left Harrisonburg with Sheridan’s troops rode onto the farm of Emanuel Su ...
... to escape north. Packing for the journey must have been by Rebecca Suter Lindsay done in a scramble. The Suters stored furniture with the Hugh Swope family,6 gathered needed On or about October 2, 1864, U.S. Army supplies, and left Harrisonburg with Sheridan’s troops rode onto the farm of Emanuel Su ...
How the Confederacy Came To Terms with the American Civil War
... writings of Confederates reveal it. This format allows insight into the mental worlds of Confederates, and by examining soldiers, government officials, civilians and newspapers a larger comprehension of the way the Confederates viewed the American Civil War emerges. Dr. Kubler-Ross identified the fi ...
... writings of Confederates reveal it. This format allows insight into the mental worlds of Confederates, and by examining soldiers, government officials, civilians and newspapers a larger comprehension of the way the Confederates viewed the American Civil War emerges. Dr. Kubler-Ross identified the fi ...
“Union and Confederate Soldiers` Stationery: Their Designs and
... forts Henry and Donaldson. They also communicate the ardor and pride of an individual soldier engaged in those very same battles even as they reassure friends and family of his own survival, albeit his overall health was, as he expressed it, “very poor.” Battle scene and some other designs serve ...
... forts Henry and Donaldson. They also communicate the ardor and pride of an individual soldier engaged in those very same battles even as they reassure friends and family of his own survival, albeit his overall health was, as he expressed it, “very poor.” Battle scene and some other designs serve ...
The Gettysburg Campaign: Birth of the Operational Art?
... Only with a recognition of this level between those of strategy and tactics and a mastery of its art can commanders have the appropriate frame of reference to link strategic goals assigned by national authorities with the tactical activities of their subordinate commanders. Although U.S. Army doctri ...
... Only with a recognition of this level between those of strategy and tactics and a mastery of its art can commanders have the appropriate frame of reference to link strategic goals assigned by national authorities with the tactical activities of their subordinate commanders. Although U.S. Army doctri ...
Gettysburg: an exhibit for the First
... The Foreign Observer on the Ground to be crossed by Pickett's Division Arthur Fremantle, Three Months in the Southern States: April-June, 1863. New York: John Bradburn, 1864. --Fremantle, an experienced soldier, surveyed the ground with Lee's and Longstreet's staff, recording the distance to be cro ...
... The Foreign Observer on the Ground to be crossed by Pickett's Division Arthur Fremantle, Three Months in the Southern States: April-June, 1863. New York: John Bradburn, 1864. --Fremantle, an experienced soldier, surveyed the ground with Lee's and Longstreet's staff, recording the distance to be cro ...
Touring Civil War Sites East Paulding, South Bartow West Cobb
... This work is not intended as an instruction manual on how to ride a bicycle or how to tour via bicycle. Cycling skill is assumed. This work is first and foremost a guide to civil war history sites in West Cobb, East Paulding and South Bartow Counties. All of the sites in this guide are accessible by ...
... This work is not intended as an instruction manual on how to ride a bicycle or how to tour via bicycle. Cycling skill is assumed. This work is first and foremost a guide to civil war history sites in West Cobb, East Paulding and South Bartow Counties. All of the sites in this guide are accessible by ...
Little Rock, AR 72221 • Email: g.hendershott
... Confederate General Walter Husted Stevens, General Robert E. Lee’s Staff Chief Engineer of the Confederacy, Army of Northern Virginia The Last Confederate Commander to leave Richmond as it was burning At General Robert E. Lee’s side during the surrender at Appomattox A very rare Confederate General’ ...
... Confederate General Walter Husted Stevens, General Robert E. Lee’s Staff Chief Engineer of the Confederacy, Army of Northern Virginia The Last Confederate Commander to leave Richmond as it was burning At General Robert E. Lee’s side during the surrender at Appomattox A very rare Confederate General’ ...
THE BATTLE OF SAILOR`S CREEK: A STUDY IN LEADERSHIP A
... Phil Sheridan, Grant’s cavalry commander was able to put his forces south and west of Lee’s Army trapping it between Sheridan’s cavalry and George Meade’s Army of the Potomac. After fighting a brutal, close quarters engagement, Union forces captured or killed the majority of two of Lee’s corps, comm ...
... Phil Sheridan, Grant’s cavalry commander was able to put his forces south and west of Lee’s Army trapping it between Sheridan’s cavalry and George Meade’s Army of the Potomac. After fighting a brutal, close quarters engagement, Union forces captured or killed the majority of two of Lee’s corps, comm ...